PHILOSOPHER

Georges Florovsky

1893 - 1979

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Georges Vasilievich Florovsky (Russian: Гео́ргий Васи́льевич Флоро́вский; 9 September [O.S. 28 August] 1893 – August 11, 1979) was a Russian Orthodox priest, theologian, and historian. Born in the Russian Empire, he spent his working life in Paris (1920–1949) and New York (1949–1979). With Sergei Bulgakov, Vladimir Lossky, Justin Popović and Dumitru Stăniloae he was one of the more influential Eastern Orthodox Christian theologians of the mid-20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georges Florovsky has received more than 105,879 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Georges Florovsky is the 963rd most popular philosopher (down from 904th in 2019), the 515th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 439th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Ukrainian Philosopher.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

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  • 51.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Georges Florovsky has had the most page views in the with 15,198 views, followed by Russian (10,749), and Greek (2,369). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Galician (94.01%), Indonesian (76.72%), and Czech (58.82%)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Georges Florovsky ranks 963 out of 1,267Before him are Lysander Spooner, Leontion, Edmund Gettier, Herbert Feigl, Critolaus, and Abraham Joshua Heschel. After him are Anselm of Laon, Huang Zongxi, Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, Harald Høffding, Fazlur Rahman Malik, and Martin Lings.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Georges Florovsky ranks 153Before him are Bekir Çoban-zade, Huey Long, Vera Brittain, Mykola Khvylovy, Bugs Moran, and Luigi Carlo Borromeo. After him are Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam, Segismundo Casado, Karimeh Abbud, T. H. Marshall, I. A. Richards, and Anthony Berkeley Cox. Among people deceased in 1979, Georges Florovsky ranks 131Before him are Catherine Hessling, Antonio Caggiano, Aleksei Kapler, Evald Ilyenkov, Pedro Arico Suárez, and Minnie Riperton. After him are Paul Dessau, Amedeo Nazzari, Ethel Smith, Juana de Ibarbourou, Dorothy Arzner, and István Örkény.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Georges Florovsky ranks 515 out of 1,365Before him are Iryna Melnykova (1918), Boris Yefimov (1900), Mykola Khvylovy (1893), Leonid Kadeniuk (1951), Vasyl Makukh (1927), and Rosalia Zemlyachka (1876). After him are Yukhym Zvyahilsky (1933), Maciej Rataj (1884), Valentina Grizodubova (1909), Mikhail Koltsov (1898), Lev Nussimbaum (1905), and Joseph Ludwig Raabe (1801).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Ukraine

Among philosophers born in Ukraine, Georges Florovsky ranks 12Before him are Theophan Prokopovich (1681), Alexius Meinong (1853), Mykhailo Drahomanov (1841), Yuriy Drohobych (1450), Ber Borochov (1881), and Hugo Kołłątaj (1750). After him are Edward Abramowski (1868), and Raya Dunayevskaya (1910).